Heart played their first concert since 2019 when they took the stage at Southern California’s Yaamava’ Resort & Casino on Wednesday night. According to SetList.fm, the band’s 12-song set kicked off with the title track to 1980’s Bebe le Strange and featured a relatively equal mix of the band’s ’70s and ’80s hits. They concluded […]
Nancy and Ann Wilson are very familiar with the drama that accompanies being in a band with one’s sibling. Over the years, the Heart sisters have dealt with plenty of familial strife – some of it serious, some of it exaggerated. “The first question a lot of people have always asked either of us, me […]
Co-founder Wayne Kramer is finally ready to release MC5 new album, their first since 1971’s High Times. Heavy Lifting will arrive in early 2024, at least two years after its original planned launch date. The LP features Slash, Tom Morello, Vernon Reid, William DuVall and others in guest slots. Drummer Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson – […]
Ozzy Osbourne has responded to an online death hoax, confirming that he is very much alive. “I’m not dead,” the iconic singer declared on the latest episode of The Osbournes podcast (video below). “I’m not going any-fucking-where. And I’m gonna go up and do some more gigs before I’m finished anyway.” As Ozzy explained it, […]
When Dave Grohl was asked to create two works of art for a charity auction, he procrastinated so long that he wound up drawing them on the day they were to be exhibited for sale. The playful results are scrawled with a Sharpie on the back of corrugated signs from the 2023 edition of the […]
Motley Crue had nine lives from a career standpoint – and we’d estimate that bassist/co-founder Nikki Sixx alone used up at least half. None of his near-death experiences have been as infamous as the one on Dec. 23, 1987. After a night of drug-fueled partying with pals (including Guns N’ Roses members Slash and Steven […]
Creating a hit song is never easy, but crafting a Christmas hit may be even more difficult. Not only are you competing with other contemporary artists, but you’re also going head-to-head with classic religious and cultural carols that have had hundreds of years’ head starts to build their popularity. Despite this, many musicians take a swing […]
The weather outside is frightful. But it’s nothing compared to these movies. Christmas films are as ingrained in the holiday season as trees and wreaths and lights. Whole cable channels are dedicated to endless airings of cheerful Yuletide comedies and romances. People love Christmas movies. And with good reason; the best Christmas movies are about more than a single holiday. […]
Jimi Hendrix producer Eddie Kramer is certain he can use AI to save a recording of Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin playing together. He just has to find the tape first. In a new interview with The Vinyl Guide podcast (audio below), Kramer discussed the possibility of rescuing old material using the technique that […]
Saturday Night Live is a singularly challenging environment. A weekly, 90-minute live sketch comedy show where performers are expected to make their way in a singularly competitive and pressure-filled atmosphere, SNL has a long and fraught history of chewing up talent and spitting it back out. Some extremely talented people have failed to find their place […]
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